2020 Baseball Roster

28 Corey Johnston

  • Position Right-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Chester, Va.
  • Highschool Thomas Dale

Biography

2020: Appeared in four games … struck out three batters in 3 1/3 innings … earned a spot on VMI’s Cadet-Athlete Scholar Society.

2019: Struck out 20 batters in 19 innings … made 20 appearances, including one start … picked up a one-pitch save in 5-4 win vs. Samford on March 31 …threw a scoreless inning vs. JMU on 3/27 with two strikeouts.

2018: Emerged as a key piece of the VMI bullpen as a redshirt sophomore...went 3-0 with a 5.45 ERA, but nearly a run worth of that ERA came during a tough outing in the SoCon Tournament (1 1/3 IP, 4 ER)...pitched 1 2/3 shutout innings in regular season finale vs. Samford...struck out two in two perfect innings (two games) during 5/11-13 Wofford series...struck out four in 3 1/3 hitless innings 4/29 at Mercer...pitched a scoreless inning with 2 K’s in 4/25 win over Virginia Tech...pitched a shutout inning to move to 3-0 with win April 18 at Richmond...pitched two hitless innings in 4/3 win at Longwood...struck out two in shutout frame 3/16 at GW to earn his first career victory...pitched 1 2/3 shutout innings 2/25 vs. Lafayette...got one out, a strikeout, in season-opening win at South Carolina...member of SoCon Honor Roll and All-Academic Team.

2017: Went 0-2 with an 11.77 ERA in nine appearances...pitched career-high 3 1/3 innings 5/19 in loss to ETSU...allowed three runs in two innings of work 5/2 against VCU...tied the school record for wild pitches in a game by throwing five 3/22 vs. William &?Mary...made his first collegiate appearance with a start Feb. 19 vs. George Mason...pitched two scoreless innings March 18 at Elon.

2016: Did not see game action.

High School/Personal: Three-year letterwinner at Thomas Dale...earned all-district and all-region honors...career .411 hitter...played Legion baseball, including for the junior American Legion State Champions, and played for the RBA South Travel team...Greater Richmond Civitan Club honor recipient...outstanding youth award from Epsilon Sigma Alpha chapter of Richmond...Above and Beyond Award from Capital District of Key Club...earned Virginia Regional American Legion Scholarship from legion ball efforts...majoring in biology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2015-16Freshman

    Infielder/Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 180 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2016-17Redshirt Freshman

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'1" 180 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2017-18Redshirt Sophomore

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 185 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2018-19Redshirt Junior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 185 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2020Redshirt Senior

    Right-Handed Pitcher
    6'0" 185 lbs
    28